PHILOSOPHY,’
anything goes wrong,
sing a merry song.
It's always better while you work to
whistle than to whine,
git down and repine.
The man who makes the best of things
shows sturdy common sense.
Ti chances are that he will rise to
fame and eminence;
But If he doesn't, none the less he'll
make the most of life,
And women all will envy and congrat-
ulate his wife,
~Somerville (Mass) Journal.
fin Ocean Voyage.
Mabel”
La
Bir,
“Goodby,
“Goodby,
And
and the face
Haughtily
aside when she said
the outstretched hand
eyes that pleaded so
thelr silence
Ronald Norton stood a moment, then
opened the door and went carry-
ing with him a wounded heart, and
leaving behind one proud to
acknowledge its pain.
But Mabel Leigh found out her mis-
take. She did not extract the same
sweetness from life that she had since
Knowing Ronald Norton. Its hours
dragged wearily along, uncheered by
the of presence ighten
them. And,
no real cause that
ed,
A word—a “trifle lig
floated between them
they both took it
proud to own repentar
tonald had
that would
but in a handred diy
bad spoken. They ki
the othe
tent.
and hard,
immovable,
beauty turned
never noticing
and imploring
powerfully in
voice was cold
stern and
young
it,
the
the
Li
out,
{00
hope his
worse than all, it
they
Qwever said
have boun
r's happiness,
Ronald
when he
and
heart
Her
many
was
desires, and secure
coveted,
beauty and
a lover te
greatly
No one w
as, with a
and forth
livelong nig Liz
happiness which had
grasp and then suddenly f
He knew Mabel to be slow
but strong in her wrath wher
and he, on this night of all nights, hs
unwittingly offended her by the strong
side he had taken in a dise
well-known character a
gery.
Love or argument hae
trait of Ronald's char:
fended the accused solely
son. Mabel su
his own sentiments,
flashed and her heart
she listened.
Could this be the man who was more
than friend to her? «
a man who cheris
as she had heard
Shaded from the
ber head against the
chair, and thought
men continued the
It ended by her
laughing command
ject
The gentlemen apologized
obeyed, and after a short time of
eral conversaat
their leave,
Ronald lingered among
eager to secure a few moments to
self. Nervously he walked aroun
drawing-room, looking at the pictures
be had seen a hundred times before,
picking up and laying down the ele
gant volumes at hand, tossing over the
cards in the receiver, and feeling
about as cool and collected as most
Jmen do under the circumstances,
How brilliant Mabel looked, leaning
against the door, as she chatted with
young Sylex'
gach ji 4
ald coma
been
1 aronsed,
HssKion
rrested f
prosed he was uttering
and her eo;
beat angrily
‘ould she honor
sentiments
eaned
her
wl entle
dr discussion
sudden risin and
to dismiss the sub
and
gen
took
one by
ion, one
the last,
him
1 the
was more than Ron-
was a thousand miles away,
It certainly wasn't polite
with her back to him,
have been for half an hour.
Ronald pulled out his watch, No. it
was only eight minutes! What In the
world was Syles staying so late for?
It was very absurd in Mabel to make
herself so fascinating to everybody.
Just see that lovely bare arm that
rounded sut from the soft lace as she
flitted her fan back and forth. And
Byles was gazing with cool admira-
tion on It, confound him! a
Poor Ronald, In his excitement,
stood glaring at them, in utter disre-
gard of eourtesy. Well was it for
him that Mabel did not see him,
At last Byles bowed himself out. The
expectant moment had come.
Mabel turned, but her brilliancy had
vanished. Instead of the smile with
which she was wont to meet Ronald,
her face was cold. Instead of sinking
on a chair for their usual parting chat,
she stood still and looked at her watch.
“I had no idea It was so late,” she
remarked,
Ronald stood transfixed. The change
In her was so sudden, so marked, he
could not understand it. But what
tould he say? To speak of love at such
a moment was impossible. But he
could not go silent y.
“Mabel—Miss Le gh,” he began, des-
perately,
“Well, sirl” wa.
from the cool bei:
the cool answer
«May I I--that is, will y you . allow: me to
speak for myself?”
“No, sir!” eame clear and short.
“Not now,” sald Norton, hurriedly
“tOmOITOW... -any other time.”
Neither now nor ever!”
ply, as she made a motion to leave
| him,
Ronald felt a chill like ice through |
| his heart. Mechanically he followed |
| her, took his hat in the hall and held
out his hand.
Ah, if she had but taken it, it never
would bave let her go till she
i heard his heart's message!
turned, with her formal
and left him.
As he passed the night hours in grief,
! he thought of her quietly slumbering,
| careless of the wound she had made,
| Indifferent to his fate.
But Mabel Leigh was paying dearly |
for Her words. On her knees,
room where she had so cruelly
missed him, ber hands and
wept bitter tears. The flush of anger
was and in its stead a sense of
the wrong she had done, and the sor-
row must endure. For Mabel
knew that Ronald Norton loved her,
and that she loved him. And now all
| was at an end,
Her pride would not
recall him; his would
ask it. They had suddenly
apart—would the wave of time
bring them together aghin?
Mabel bore her burden
until it began to tell upon her
and spirits. Her pale cheeks |
and heavy eyes revealed that
thing was wrong.
“Nhat is the matter
Mabel 7 asked Etta Syles,
one day.
your former self.”
“Oh, I don’t know,
carelessly
“good-by,”
she wrung
gone,
she
suffer her to
allow him
drifted
not
to
days
health
with you,
dropping In
" answered Mabel,
as as she could, “I
need a change, 1
“Change? Well,
us to Europe?’
“Europe?’' A sudden joy
through Mabel's heart She had
longing and planning to get away,
away as possible, the spot
had grown
ROOnN
suppose,”
suppose you go with
shot
been
as
far
which
from
unendurable to her
going 7"
“How Aare you she
Saturday's steamer.’
und
pany
Ka rTy com
for at a Syles,
upon
On.
sailed was
in fit keeping
She had
Ronald Norton
“Stay!
hoped
would
her and
never seen nd
that fafal night--may
ever would again! and scalding
ped from her eyes at the
31 say,
had wr heard
ars
thought.
borne wonderfully since
for the relief of
ght of all and
grief, was what #he
he had
iding to go al
up
ywoad,
of si fYeR
to her
party had come early on board,
retired at
once fo their stnie
+3
#0 that Mabel was glone
felt, separated from
nds, every
rooms
her
moment bear
r and furth rr asvay from
Honald!
t1 i
Lhe creaking
and
and
upon
them
heart ns brain were filled
one i ean she at
atle
Ce) ey
Her
but
at all
vith
fell asleep with
Inst
tL upon
her cheeks
Among the
= ho Cities
gentleman
fa
§ARETED
of
ard the
a grave
served air, w
Inst PARSE nZers
al
a be easel was a
with handsome
gave a
to him;
cous, he
to prefer
meditation to all
company. Hour after hour he spent
gazing upon the foaming billows, the
matchless sunsets, the lovely moon
and Lich
ating melancholy
and although perfectly court
kept from all,
his or
sort of fasch
oe ¥ “3
aloof seeming
book gllent
Poor Mabel and Etta were both de
prived of these enjoyments, Etta be
ing dreadfully seasick, and Mabel too
They had
been out week
Mabel's
nearly na
on
declaring it
going on deck,
i
No weary hours now-no langul
difference—but two noble hea:
| Ing from each other, had bee
back to love and happiness
Mabel stayed abroad long enough te
all she kpows of ocean voyages is tha!
i
| Sate day Night.
pont —
THE PEOPLE OF SIBERIA,
Not Four Per Cent. of Them Convicts or
Political Exiles.
“Statistics have their value whes
given comparatively. In following uj
the analogy which was always present!
in my mind ip crossing Siberia, the
between that country and the
United States, It Is interesting to com-
ol
Siberia has 5,000,000 square
lation of 70,000,000 overshadows the
5,750,000 of Russia's Asiatic posses
Of this number 66 per cent, are
the rest Indigenous. But
this average is brought down by the
low per cent, of Russians in the ex
treme North, which, as in Northern
| Canada, Is left almost entirely to the
{ aboriginal Eskimo, and the hardy
fur trader, while in Southern Siberia
from 60 to 9% per cent. are Russians
Not 4 per cent. of all Rusgians are
The num
the different
of
amount
neces
slons,
Russians,
to
the
Hes,
in
sections. In the government
Tomsk, in the west, they only
to one-sixth per cent., which
ces. These
facts are fatal to the theory that the
{ ly of criminals and the sons of crim-
which was so nearly over.
So Mabel summoned all her
strength and went with him.
It was a magnificent night. The full
moon, glittering on the water, and re-
flected back by each wave, tinged
everyihing with silver,
Mabel was entranced. She took Mr.
Syles’s arm and walked up and down
once or twice, but her step was lan-
guild, and she grew weary.
Mr. Byles proposed that she should
sit awhile, so he prepared a seat for
her, and wrapped her soft mantle
around her, but she shivered,
“Why, you haven't half enough
around you! It's always cool up here,”
he declared,
And off went the kind soul for an-
other shawl,
Mabel waited alone, watching the
groups around,
A gentleman, smoking a cigar, had
been sitting some distance «off. He
threw it away, and arose as i£ to go
below.
As he passed Mabel he stopped sud-
denly,
She turned her face inquiringly—
and Ronald Norton sprang toward her!
“Mabel!” was all he sald: but the
love-light which flashed over his face,
and the thrill that shot through each
heart, in their passionate hand-clasp,
told the truth,
Mabel could not utter one word, but
lay panting with the glorious life that
bad anddenly onened for her
“The Russians find the great north
ern steppes as bleak and inhospit-
able as do the Canadians. Yet the
mine ral deposits and the fur trade at-
ract a certain population. It is ex-
traordinary to read of the early
quests of the Russians in this country,
and of their first settlements here,
though there were no vigions of an El
Dorado to draw men on.
of the country
as
con-
north of
r ever belonged to China, thoug
Idea It
ide nt
Diet 10
is the popular
indeg wr
rounda bor
f Heay
session of
overnment
ual repre-
own
hief
name
its
The
hose
Siberia as
with
treaty
Rus
came
shed
mnk of the great
time dates southern
ishroom growth. Viadi
of the fruits of it: Khab-
the end of th ys eastern see
Each
and each
as do all
nires of
Only a
fo
our
drawn the
sians and ntly
ine relingul
¥
i
#1 tafe
he left t
rom that
Siberia’'s mm
tok
aroffsk,
5 one
at
Is another
city Is «x than 50 years old,
wars a striking resemblence,
Kiher
our
Went
to
hese of
iz the
ente rprise :
of what the
The America
and life to the
io a
result
sting 3
birth energy
owes
of the individual, the Siberian city
and its continued
government A
Owes oundineg
existeneoe to the
ted In are
of business,
&ite
ure of ife a Ove depend
i
pen
oom, the conver of
Private indi
in the path autos
and turn whatever
own advantage,
for them, but
spite of this
Hem
ment In
thi and 1k
which speaks well for Siberl:
Benjamin, in Alnslee's
ives, men are m
Ane
Diamond Ring in a Hog's Stomach
A remarkable story the
years
comer from
Three
who has since
attended a
unclé,
George Smith. During the evening she
lost a diamond ring had
wearing, and it was thought
she been
that it
ears of corn. A thorough search did
not disclose the ring. Later, for some
reason, suspicion fell on a Western
visitor in Hornby, and when she left
the village the ring had not been
found.
George Smith killed a four verrold
hog a few days ago, and in cutiing up
the animal found the ring In the gtom-
ach. It was battered and discolored.
The only explanation seems to be that
the hog swallowed the ring in eating
husks after the bee at Smith's three
years before, and that it had remained
in the animal's stomach ever since,
Mrs. Hagancamp, who always be.
lieved that the ring was stolen, ig now
tryisg to learn the whereabouts of the
suspected woman, to apologize to her.
New York San.
The Cowbird,
The cowbirds follow cattle about the
fields and pastures, feeding largely on
the Insects which fly from the tower
ing presence of large animals, ‘They
seem to vourt the vicinity of the cat-
tle for this reason, as chickens often
do, and as swallows sometimes do for
much th same purpose. The redwing
and crow blackbirds are noted for thelr
foridness for white grubs, cutworms
and other eaterpillars,
In Bouth Pittsburg there Is & daw
firm named Bright & Early.
PAMOUSLY HOMELY MEN. [2
MOST WOMEN ARE INDIFFERENT |
TO CUOD LOOKS.
Queen Wilhelmina’'s Choice of the Plainest
Prince in Cermamy Proves This Aston.
by Wilkes, Ugliest Man of His Time.
Little Queen Wilhelinina's selection
of a husband has caused no
amount of astonishment in the Euro-
pean courts, for on the least of all
her suitors, In a worldly sense, her
cholece bas fallen. Duke Heinrich of
Mecklenburg-8chwerin has up to this
time played the part of a very small
potato for a more or less royal person-
age, He is the youngest son in a fam-
some of the brothers; he has never dis-
tinguished himself in court or camp or
grove in all his 24 years, and yet it is
no secret that since Wilhelmina,
proud and independent, first saw
at Potsdam, nearly two years ago,
hag had his image grave her
and royal little Duteh hea
At Potsdam Duke Heinrich, w
not heir to even pretty
tions, appeared as a mere Incidental
him
she
fl on r loyal
ol
ho was
Doct
good expe
i
He was pot supposed to aspire to the
hand of the queen; he even pald her no
than the courtesies
a young lady and
far bhandsomer,
more interesting
more perfunctory
a sovereign, and
far cleverer and
elder brother,
Ae
flatteringly
young
due
his
far
Duke Adolph,
Schwerin duchy,
garded as standing high in the
queen's graces,
heir to the klenburg
Was re
As a matter of fact, n
very much attention to
en, young duke
fell in with him
now it
his impression,
went to
Wiaurtembefe's
spring, sl
she
of
body paid
the clean-shav
but Wilhelmina
and he did not
he bad made
the queen
glout
love
Nevertheless,
and
hor
Hi Of
gtate
promised
ceived
raons fas
Mainly
the pe
perceptible to any but
cinated, and they are
beyond reach of reason
often as sensibl
alwa
are Just
fact and unromantic
Queen Wilhelmina
Lots of men have exer:
Duke
the rul
er
exception to
often
before, and
ween
and potent
handsome
He has ace
sweetest
very
little girl go
calmly, whi
& madly happy,
and dukeling
fal
ii
ngs
mairimon
heavy fa
Heinrich carried
dancing any
descending
RIVIDE Wont
CARY 20 3
off the
attendance
to flatter and
the capricious lady and
One th
ol, is
and placate the
critical
certain, this ii a
the Heir
if the loyal Duteh
choice of the queen
married him anyway. said
much when some “xi
ed as to how he wonld please the na-
tion.
All this goes to show that the
ture king consort of Holland ix one of
those men whose charm is with women
unquestioned, and even a queen would
make large sacrifices r him One
Ditch people ng Is
fo
that
adds
and
glory of
way
irieh’s conquest,
to this
would have
She ns
had objected
she
doubis were eRe
fu
fo
to a most surprising degree was Napol
con Bonaparte's rival
of Marie Louise, the Infamous and all
powerful Nelpperg., He war an ugly
creature, with small abilities and yet
smaller fortune, and he had
many hearts about the
before Marie Lounlse saw and fell fu-
riously in love with him. With every-
thing to lose and nothing to gain by
her encouragement of the man, she left
no stone npturned until she was able
to make herself Neipperg's wife. In
the eyes of the world it was a terrible
degradation for the widow of the
French emperor to become the wife of
an Austrian count, but she cared not a
whit what the world sald, as was the
ase with the women who ran after the
ugly spendtheift, Wilkes, and the mad
Due de Richelieu.
Wilkes was famous in his day all
over England not only as lord mayor
and chamberlain and a very loud.
talking patriot but as the ugliest man
of his time and the most admired by
the women. He flonteq and fll-treat-
od all of them, with the exceptien of
his danghter, but it had not the desired
effect of cooling their effections, As
to the Duke de Richelieu, though men
could not tolerate him, when he was
shut up i» the Bastille crowds
ny
Bo
women, old and young and
of
rich and poor, used to collect every
{from a distance and deplore the in-
Theodore Hook was another ugly
man who was irresistible to the softer
sex, for it is proved clearly that when
a man is agreeable to women they
Liszt proved this;
when an old man with a hard, ugly
face women begged permission to kiss
his ugly hands and raved and senti-
mentalized over him as though he were
Adonis’ self. Dozens of schoolgirls and
countesses who worshiped at his shrine
cared not a pin for his music, nor un-
derstood a note of it, but were keenly
personality,
which no woman, so far as we know,
was able or willing to withstand, Fan-
ny Enders, in The Chicago Record,
INDIAN FEUD,
WiLL END
Alaskan Tribe to Make Up Quarrel of
Several Centuries’ Standing.
has
among t}
among iu
more than GOGO
settled, and th
i
has been «
of the
ind
angung
ii soon be
ni 2 ¢
ranch of
fer
generation
the wrong
at the
until it Is a part
pare nig 10 tend
Barents
parents
1
fered hands
ing could
t, in fact
been
Aimey ult)
there has
to settle the and live
miners
nkenburs
his
M. Bla
, 8% he was on
country
Kodowatt
be last of
I have sent messages to all
of the Ritkas and Wran
or send their chis
ter
in bonds of love
ory the hats
11 am bending all my
is 10 be the last great
after it held the Ind
wi and live as white
will reign among
is to the
gels
fa tr “his meet
o unit= them af this long alien
and friendsh
het forevy
fa
in
the
he trouble between the
angeis began GO years
st held at Wn
en ited
The
guests
ie ”t
their
all
all fight resulted ane
were
eft to tell the story.
thirsted for
nge, and they got it
and fights pres
ax showed a fr
pre
ip, Invited the Wrangels to
feast
friendship
accepted
the feast
ostentation
into a
were so
only a few of tl
Then th
the blood
euds re
Atl last
spirit,
of true
ver there
d Ritkas
sailed
iendiy
th every fens
at
siven in recognition of
The Wrangels
and the
with the most gra
They got their guests
irge building, and as the mirth
increased and good cheer gained con-
trol, the hosts began to slip out. Be
fore the Wrangels knew it. the Ritkas
were out and the doors barred. Then
| the Sitkas set fire to the building and
the Wrangels were burned alive, That
happened nearly 200 years ago, but
enough of the Wrangels were left at
home to prolong the feud, but Kodo-
watt has succeeded In bringing then
together again In bonds of enlighten
ed friendship. Chicago Record,
Hishiy Nitkas
nied
ne
- Nature's Own Remedy.
The medicinal value of the onion has
been understood and appreciated
as a home remedy for various lis, es-
pecially when taken in the form of
diet. But for external applica.
| tion, it is seldom used, as few seem
[to realize ile value in this capacity.
[In these Sars of sudden changes in
temperature, * with the complaints of
earache, diphtheria and pneumonia on
every hand, it is well to give it a trial,
for the onion has long been known as
Nature's own remedy. As a poultice
to allay inflammation it has demon-
strated its efficacy, and many in-
stances might be quoted where in case
of diphtheria or pnemmonia It has
proved of more value than medicine.
For a severe carnche put your sweet
oil and landanum on the shelf, get two
or three good-sized onions, peel and
slice very thin, then lay them on a
strip of cloth and heat until very
hot all through, Bind them fo the
head, letting them extend beyond the
ear at least an uch all around, and
the throbbing pain will disappear as if
by magic.
Irish mayors are exempt from duty
in courts of law.
PROGRESS IN FARMING.
——————
THE NEW CENTURY'S METHODS
COMPARED WITH THE PAST,
Co-operation in Agriculture The Improve.
ments Made in Implements, Breeds of
Cattle and Varieties of Fruits and Vege
tables During Fifty Years,
The lessening of labor on the farms
of this country cannot be appreciated
except by those who have had expe-
rience on farms 350 or 40 years ago;
that is, by a comparison of the present
with the past, *hiladelphia
Record, Half a century ago many of
the breeds of horses, cattle, sheep and
swine were unknown. The fast trot
ters had not come into existence, while
‘he running horses were fre 10 to 20
seconds slower in going a mile on the
of tha lay if compared
‘There
Galloway,
ttle Ir
was
‘he Cots-
} the
d Hampshire
The
ntroduced,
Berkshire of
orkshire,
» years Io
Po-
later date.
al and
about 1853,
y CTORRINE,
says the
race course
with recent
were no Jersey
re fime
Angus or (3134 Ti
this
tnown
wolds held
Oxfords, Sh
{all “do
cout
ag
sheen,
wns’ ng later,
lerkshire
but
the
Shgngh
Cochin we
and from then have con
of
i,
1
- ¢ rd
many our best breeds of §
such as Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks,
Wyandottes and Cochin well
known now he = den and Toul-
geese, Pekd k aud some of the
breeds of turkeys were unknown. The
Ps Clydesdale and hackney
ian
x houniee Gi
horses not improved to their pres
ns. wy
Ouse n duc
rcheron,
were
the
half
lows,
¥
+ harvests
y perform more
in a
SF Farr ne
ol farming,
less cost
and also at
be sent to n iarket in bulk. and
f days, his
ronger and
Wire has
fence
Can
in a few hours instead of and
wagons are not only st
lighter, but much cheaper.
shed the old-style worm-rail
ties of grain + Srults and
iunced. Ib
little
tomato was
ban
and new vari
vegetables have been
1850 the strawberry
larger than a pea;
about the size of a walnut; the crab
apple was in the lead: Concord
grape was unk and the peach and
pear had mot been greatly improved.
Fruit growing as a business had not
made progress, and thousands of
rotted in hards
sctions the cat-
ted te
are food on
and the “mast” of
a necessary
hogs. Flocks
t to roam aft
occasionally in
and
the
the
nown
any
bushels of appl ore
every year. In some s
hogs and
re 8 large sh
sroductive fields
forests was considered
feeding
were turned
“galted”
them ©
sheep were expe
of their
rs af
junct in the of
sheen ou i
Vie up once
counted. The cow bell
the equipments, as the
mals wonld frequently stray away
and at night to be
milked, bell is not re-
quired, that is active
in the forests is
of
were b wrought
Now he
and
enough to seek n
ot the Kind wanted
is also gradually enter
into farming, though perhaps not
iced by many. One grain separator
and cleaner, drawn from farm to farm
by a traction engine, does the work for
the entire neighborhood. The cream-
ery and the condensed milk factory
create markets doors of the
farms. The farmer can buy butter
from the creamery cheaper than he
can make I from a small herd, and be
combines with his neighbors in the
purchase of purebred stock. Within
the past year the cornfodder shredder
bas been on its mission,
work for several farms, while fruit
up
COW
the
ast
Co-operation
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growers have organizations which give
them advantages in shipping and sell
ing. Before a decade passes away the
larger share of the work on farms will
be performed with electricity as the
source of power. Already the wire
fences serve the farmers to convey
telephone messages from one farm to
the other, and free delivery of maile
at the doors will soon cease fo be a
novelty. The condition of the farmers
has greatly changed in many respects
Railroads bring the farm within as
hour or mvie of the city, while 50 years
ago at least two days were required Ww
make such a journey. Free schools are
in every township, and the roads an
being made better every year, The
farmer makes tm more actual profit thes
formerly, as Bz pote better prices for
his produce a with their cost
while the goods he purchnses are much
cheaper, many of the articles used ai
present being enjoyed only by a few
as luxuries half a century ago.
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A Sad Rascal in the “itd Wald,
The blue jay is a sad «al ne
doubt. i wa a great ap ie
grain and frait and dest
birds’ eggs. On the other } 3
a noted caterpiilar hunter
of the few hindg that eat he caps of
the tent eaterpillar and oth. harmful
insects In win x oie :
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